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Originally Posted by coupleak
Sounds familiar. I think it's because after a while, one doesn't even notice anymore that one is topless/naked.
However that only works when more people around you are topless or naked.
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Not always; but acclimatization can lead to decreased self-consciousness.
It's like the first time my wife and I went to a nudist BnB for 3 days. Robes were also available there; and my wife was dead set on wearing it whenever around other people. Which she did that entire evening.
The next day we spent most of our time at the other end of the property sunbathing naked. As the hours went by, she became more and more acclimated to staying naked. When we proceeded back to the house later that day, where the other guests were congregating naked, she'd loss any inclination to cover back up. The fact that everyone else was also naked - and that she was fully acclimated to being completely naked - had made her less self-aware of people looking at her naked body. She was actually surprised at how comfortable she was socializing naked for the rest of our stay.
I suppose it works the same way where any kind of nudity is involved. But, if for example the other women at the BnB had covered up, my wife would have quite certainly decided to put her robe back on. Because no matter how acclimated she'd been; seeing the other women covered up would have made her conscious of her own nudity, thereby prompting her to hide.